PLEASE NOTE: Free Lycos/Tripod websites like mine come with "pop-up" ads which are beyond the website
creator's control. You may have seen "puppies for sale" ads - PLEASE, DO NOT purchase any puppy from "breeders" who breed merely to supply a market. See link below, "Finding A Puppy - What is a Responsible Breeder?"

The Bond With A True Dog
Is As Lasting As The Ties
Of This Earth Can Ever Be.
- Konrad
Lorenz

I ask for the privilege of not being born...
not to be born until you can assure me
of a home and a master to protect me,
and a right to live as long as I am
physically able to enjoy life...not
to be born until my body is precious and
men have ceased to exploit it because
it is cheap and plentiful.
Author Unknown